Sausage-stuffer and lard-press nozzle.



H. B. ASBURY- SAUSAGE STUPPER AND LARD PRESS NOZZLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 19, 1905.

PATENTED JULY 17, 1906.

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-HARRY E. ASBURY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE ENTERPRISE MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYL- VANIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1906.

Application filed April 19I 1905. Serial No. 256,442.

To a, whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY E. AsBUiaY, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Sausage-Stuffer and Lard-Press Nozzles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in nozzles used in connection with sausage-stuifers and lard-presses which will allow air to escape from the casing of a sausage as itis being stuffed.

' The object of my invention is to provide the coupling by which the nozzle is secured to the stuffer or press with means which will prevent the casing closing the passages in the nozzle.

In the accompanyin drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectiona view of a nozzle and coupling, illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is .a perspective view of the coupling. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the nozzle. Fig. 5 is a side view, partly in section, of a modified form of my invention. Fig. 6 is an end view of Fig. 5, and Figs. 7 and 8 are views of further modifications of my invention.

A is the nozzle, preferably made tapered and cylindrical in form and having a flange a at the rear end and also havin one or more Iierein, in the resent instance by indenting the metal. hese grooves extend from a point near the flange a to a point near the outer end of the nozzle and are preferably tapered and deeper at the end near the flange than at the oppositeend.

B is a coupling which can be secured to the body of the sausage-stufler or lard-press in any suitable manner. In the present instance the coupling has tapered internal lugs b, which-form a broken screw and correspond with similar lugs on the body of the stuffer or press. The coupling can be secured to the stuffer by turning it a half-turn, so that its lugs will engage those of the stuffer and the flange a of the nozzle will be clamped between the two, making a comparatively tight joint.

In order to prevent the casing of the sausage closing the inner end of the air-grooves a in the nozzle A, I extend the body of the coupling B so that its face I) will be beyond the end of the grooves a. Then Iform radiating grooves b in this face, producing ribs d.

These grooves are of sufficient depth to pre-' vent the casing closing them. As shown in Fig. 2, there are a number of these grooves, and there are preferably more grooves in the coupling than in the nozzle, so that no matter in what position the nozzle is placed some of the grooves b will communicate with the grooves a in the nozzle.

I may connect the grooves b with the handhold-grooves in the periphery of the coupling, so as to give the article a finished appearance, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

I recess the coupling at c, Fig. 1, to reduce the weight of the casting, but it may be made solid, as in Fig. 7, or the recess a may have one or more outlet-openings c, as shown in Fig. 8 and set forth in the application referred to above.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown ribs (1 projecting from the coupling B, these ribs forming wide spaces or grooves for the escape of the air.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of a grooved nozzle, with a coupling by which the nozzle is secured to the stuifer or press, saidcouplin having a grooved face, substantially as ang for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of a nozzle having a longitudinal groove therein, with a coupling by which the nozzle is secured to the stuifer or press, said nozzle having a face portion extending over the groove in the nozzle and having radiating grooves therein, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a longitudinallygrooved nozzle having a flange at one end, with a coupling having means whereby it can be attached to a stuffer or press, and having a flan e for clamping the flange of the nozzle and a so provided with a grooved face extending over the grooves in the nozzle, the grooves of the face communicatin with the grooves of the nozzle, substantia ly as described.-

4. The combination of a longitudinallygrooved nozzle, with a coupling having a grooved face, the grooves in the face of the coupling being more in number than the grooves in the nozzle, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a rooved nozzle, With a coupling therefor, saic l coupling having a face extending over the grooves in the nozzle and having radiating air-esca e grooves, the periphery of the body of t e coupling having handheld-grooves connected to the grooves in the face thereof, substan- 1o tially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HARRY E. ASBURY.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM F. BEATON, WILL. A. BARR. 

